OK, another nature-related post today. Nature seems to explode atm and I run around like crazy with my camera. Although it is extremely dry for this time of the year and we're already wondering when we have to pay for that beautiful spring weather, nature blooms and grows.

Then the first dragonfly that eclosed this year: a female Black-tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum). I noticed it flying slowly which means for that species that it is not fully dried after eclosing and can't use its wings properly. Once they are fully dried the are fast like arrows. Look at the net pattern on the wings!

I tried to fond her hull that it usually leaves on one of the blades of grass around the pond, but only found one from a smaller species, maybe from a Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) which are also already eclosing. Can you see the paddle-shaped tail?

Kommentare:

What a wonderful post. I love the dragonfly, and the tadpoles, they used to be here on my place but the water is moving now, not still.Thank you so much for the post and giving my indian a place to live!Blessings all over you!